| Good morning. Here's what's happening now: The World Anti-Doping Agency says armed Russian government agents intimidated its officers and threatened them with expulsion as they tried to carry out drug tests on athletes. The report comes just two days before a decision will be made on whether Russian athletes can compete in Rio US authorities have found the body of a two-year-old boy who was taken by an alligator at Walt Disney World resort in Florida The World Health Organisation has reversed its previous warning that coffee could cause cancer saying there is no conclusive evidence of a carcinogenic effect. However, other scientific evidence presented by the organisation suggests drinking anything very hot - above about 65 degrees Celsius - probably does cause cancer of the oesophagus A 2,000-year-old ball of butter has been unearthed from a peat bog by a turf cutter in Ireland. It weighs 10 kilograms, smells like cheese and is "theoretically" still edible. The bog butter may have been an offering to the gods and has been given to the National Museum for preservation Here's what's coming up: 10:30am AEST: Andrew William Lee is expected to make a bail application in the Victorian Supreme Court. He's accused of the one-punch murder of teen footballer Patrick Cronin at a Diamond Creek bar in April 12:00pm AEST: Christopher Pyne and Penny Wong will front the Committee for Economic Development of Australia's election debate in Adelaide 12:30pm AEST: Marise Payne and Stephen Conroy will take part in the National Defence Club federal election defence debate in Canberra: 5:00pm AEST: The Victorian Premier will attend a vigil at Melbourne's Federation Square to show solidarity with the victims of the Orlando shooting 5:30pm AEST: Greens leader Richard Di Natale will be interviewed on triple j's Hack program | Pistorius walks on stumps in court in bid to avoid prison | | A sobbing Oscar Pistorius shuffles without his prosthetic legs through court to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without his artificial limbs in an attempt to avoid a long jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. | | | Ancient ball of butter unearthed in peat bog | | A "still edible" ball of butter estimated to be 2,000 years old is unearthed from a peat bog in Ireland, with history experts saying it could have been part of a religious offering. | | | About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Add or remove topics | Unsubscribe | Contact Us |
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